(I'm King News and I come to you with the truthThe mean streets took six more lives overnightall the result of gang-bang stupidityBy the way, you gangsters should knowone of your victims was a three year old girlWell, you gang members, you still don't get it, do ya?)

(With your badself)

[King Tee]It's straight up madness everywhere I lookUsed to be a straight a student, now he's a crookRobbin people just to smoke or shoot upUsed to have a crew cut, now he's a pooh-putDropped out of school and he joins the neighborhood gangHangin on the streets sellin caineTo his own peopleNow when I say people I mean colorYou a stupid muthaf...I'm tryin to stress the fact that you're dumbGet yourself presentable, son, and just comeTogether, you better, cause pretty soon it's gonna be too lateA message from King Tee The Great

[Body & Soul]Sisters, since we are the mothers of this earthIt's time we start being good mothers from the birthOf our children, no time for sleepinTeach em to fight and win for the right reasonIt's your time, it's your life, live itProud to be black, young and giftedLifted by the knowledge and takin the right routeGang violence needs to be wiped outA-l-m-i-g-h-ty C and E-z-i-r-eWe see the f-u-t-u-r-eShould be a positive thangBody & Soul and you, we're in the same gang

[Def Jef]One and the sameEveryone came in the same chainsCaught with the same aimBrain games and names changedTo protect the innocent by-standerLies, slander and the master-plannerDestroy the black maleCrack jail and semi-automaticFor static if the crack failsSo since we all talk the same slangStop killin, my brother, cause we're all from the same gang

[Michel'le]Don't you know we've got to put our heads together?Make the change cause we're all in the same gang

[Tone-Loc]Now as a youth I used to get my bang onAnd on the ave get my part-time slang onUpon a time for me was no joke thoughThey knew I was crazy, so they labelled me LocoKhakis creased, golf hat, feelin sportyLow ridin and tossin up a fortyThinkin in my mind that no one could handle usThe downest brothers ever touched Los AngelesI found life was much more suitableCause I'm the brother that makes black so beautifulI ain't slippin or down with a head tripI'm talkin to all the Bloods and all the CripsThrow down your rag and get on the right track, manIt's time to fight, unite and be a black manTone-Loc is on a positive changeCause remember, we're all in the same gang

[Above The Law]Bein the pimps that we areWe're here to speak on a situation that has gone too farHere at home in the ghettos of LAWhere a young black brother's not promised to see the next dayCause we used to clock on the streets before we made beatsBut fools just lay and prey on the weakIt don't depend on the color of a ragCause if you got what they want you know they gonna take what you haveCause violence don't only revolve from drugs and thugsAnd gangs that bangMost times it's a political thangYeah, a couple of spots'll get poppedAnd if the government wanted to freeze it it could all get stoppedBut they don't because they want it like thatBecause the system been set up to hold us backYeah, Above The Law means that we can do whateverSo why don't we stick together?(You got it)

[Ice-T]Ice-T rippin the microphone the way I doListen close, my brothers, cause I'm talkin to youThe problem is we got a suicidal lifestyleCause 90 percent of us are livin foul and wildI say job, you say ([Hen-G:] bad jokeI rather jack another brother, watch the gun smoke)Livin in the fast lane flippin like you're insaneYou won't stop until your blood runs down the street drainI got an idea, give me a minuteAnd if it makes sense, then get with itWhat if we could take our enemies, feed em poisonUndereducate their girls and boys andSplit em up, make em fight one anotherBetter yet, make em kill for a colorAll my brothers need to know one thingNo matter what you think, we're all in the same gang

[Michel'le]Don't you know we've got to put our heads together?Stop the fighting(Make the change)Because we're all in the same gang

[Dr. Dre & MC Ren]Yo, we're not here to preach because we're not ministersWe're tellin like it is cause Ren and Dre is like sinisterReality speaks for itself when it's spokenA basehead cluck can't blame nobody for smokinYo, bullets flyin, mothers cryin, brothers dyinLyin in the streets, that's why we're tryinTo stop it from fallin apart and goin to wasteAnd keepin a smile off a white faceN.W.A never preachin, just teachinThe knowledge of the streets to each andAll that don't understand, that's why we cameTo let you know that we're all in the same gang

[JJ Fad]The J double, F, the a, the d, that isAnd if you want the solution to the quizWhat's black in black, yo, and kills another?An ignorant sucker that isn't labelled as a brotherBut anotherSo now it's time we evolveAnd get together and solve itCause the world is revolvinAround a terrible situationOne will kill another for a reputationSo it's time we stop and realize that we're all the sameYo Dre, tell em (We're all in the same gang)

[Young MC]Brothers killin other brothersI thought the idea was to love one another?Open up the paper to one more deathIf y'all keep this up then there'll be no one leftI try my best to set an exampleSayin hype lyrics over hip-hop samplesNot just a bragger to boast but to informCause we're livin in the calm before the stormYou see, I believe that the children are the futureBut what's it all about if in the future they shoot ya?We're all human beings, if we're cut we'll bleedAnd I want to see all young people succeedDo 9 to 5, not 5 to 10Just go to work and not the state penCause you live better when you're out there freeAnd that's comin straight to ya from the Young MC

[Digital Underground]I'm in a rageOh yeah? Yo, why is that g?Other races, they say we act like rats in a cageI tried to argue, but check it, every night in the newsWe prove them suckers right and I got the bluesAmerica...Get busy, HumpyThe red, the white, the blue andThe blue and the redFor Clips and BloodsThe white for who's got you doinTime bustin caps on one anotherThe Underground's down for peace among brothersKill a black man?What?Yo, what are you retarded?Tell em, HumpYo, do you work for the Klan?Do what you likeUnless you like gangbanginLet's see how many brothers leave us hangin

[Oaktown's 3.4.7.]The gang that should hang is the one that containsThe sisters and the brothers who are all in the same frame of mindNow listen, get loose, it's unity timeYeah, yeahPeace is a presence that we all needThe future's in our hands, in word and deedI'm Terrible T and I'm Sweet LDWe're 3.5.7. totally

[MC Hammer]Kickin on the ave 'bout a quarter to 9All the homies gettin blind in an eight ball lineNow on this tip they started runnin at the lipJumped in their deuce and took a little tripHit the block about 12 on the tickThe windows went down and the nines went clickPeople started yellin, bodies started bailinBullets cold flyin sendin some to hell andIt's gotta stop, we don't need all the violencePeace in the hood and a moment of silenceWe got together not for ego or fameWe got involved cause we're all in the same gang

[Eazy-E]Last but not least, yo, Eazy's no sell-outAnd if you can't hang in the streets, then get the hell outI'm not tryin to tell ya what to doYou have your own freedom of choice who to listen toYou knew good from bad, fair from foul, right from wrongNow your mother's singing that sad song(My baby ain't never hurt nobody!)But he still got smoked at B?b?'s partyBut you're not the first or the lastYou're nothin but a short story from the pastYou're dead now, not number one but a zeroTake notes from Eazy-E, the violent hero